$24 an hour is how much a year?

$49,920 a year at 40 hours a week, before tax. After federal tax and FICA, about $42,291 lands in your account in a state with no income tax.

$24/hour before tax

Hour$24.00
Day (8 h)$192.00
Week (40 h)$960.00
Two weeks$1,920
Month$4,160
Year$49,920

Part-time

20 hours a week$24,960 / year
30 hours a week$37,440 / year
35 hours a week$43,680 / year

After tax, full-time

StateYearBi-weekly
California$40,607$1,561.81
Texas$42,291$1,626.57
Florida$42,291$1,626.57
New York$39,925$1,535.59
Illinois$39,961$1,536.95
Pennsylvania$40,723$1,566.28
Ohio$41,700$1,603.86
Georgia$40,323$1,550.87
North Carolina$40,808$1,569.52
Washington$41,632$1,601.22
Michigan$40,416$1,554.45
Arizona$41,445$1,594.05

Your exact paycheck at $24 an hour

Benefits, children & tax year

Take-home pay, every two weeks

$1,626.57

$42,291 a year · $3,524 a month · 15.3% of gross goes to tax

  • Take-home 84.7%
  • Federal 7.6%
  • FICA 7.6%
Paycheck breakdown
ItemPer checkYear
Gross pay$1,920.00$49,920
Federal income tax−$146.55−$3,810
Social Security (6.2%)−$119.04−$3,095
Medicare (1.45%)−$27.84−$724
Net pay$1,626.57$42,291

Federal bracket 12% · 2026 rules

Questions people ask

$24 an hour is how much a year?

$49,920 a year before tax, working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is $4,160 a month and $1,920 every two weeks.

How much is $24 an hour after taxes?

A full-time single filer earning $24 an hour keeps about $42,291 a year in a state with no income tax such as Texas or Florida ($1,627 per bi-weekly paycheck), using 2026 federal brackets and FICA. In higher-tax states it is lower; see the table on this page.

Is $24 an hour good pay?

$24 an hour full-time is $49,920 a year. For comparison, the median weekly earnings of full-time US wage and salary workers were about $1,200 in 2025 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly $30 an hour. Whether it is enough depends heavily on local housing costs.

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